Macaw's Roofs in All the Mods 10

Macaw's Roofs is a building-focused mod that lets you build roofs with real roof blocks instead of stacking stairs. If you like making houses, castles or towns, this one is for you.^[1]

It adds several families of blocks: Roofs, Steep Roofs, Lower Roofs, Top Roofs, Awnings and Rain Gutters, plus more. Striped Awnings and Rain Gutters both come in every color. Rain Gutters also fill up when it rains, which is a nice detail for a finished build.^[1]

Version in this pack

This pack ships Macaw's Roofs 2.3.2, built for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. It has been in the pack since version 2.25 or earlier. Everything on this page describes that version.^[2]

Where it fits in progression

Macaw's Roofs is a decorative building mod, so there is no tech or magic gate to clear first. The sources I have don't describe how or when the roof blocks are obtained in this pack. Check the recipe viewer in-game for the exact crafting recipes.^[1][2]

Unverified The sources do not show any quests in this pack that involve this mod, and they do not place it on the ATM Star path. Treat it as an optional building extra, and check in-game if you want to be sure.

Macaw's Roofs lets you build roofs out of real roof blocks instead of stacking stairs. The mod includes Roofs, Steep Roofs, Lower Roofs, Top Roofs and Awnings, plus Rain Gutters. Every roof piece I can see in this pack's recipe list is a shaped crafting recipe, so you can start as soon as you have some wood.^[1][3]

The recipes come in sets per wood type. The pack list shows acacia, bamboo, birch, cherry and crimson, and each type has a planks version and a log, stem or block version of its roofs. I use acacia planks as the example below, but the other types follow the same naming.^[3]

Your first roof pieces

1. Start with the plain roof in a wood you like, for example Acacia Planks Roof. This is the basic block you'll build most of your roof with, so make it first.^[1][3]
2. Add the slope variants in the same wood: Acacia Planks Steep Base Roof for steeper roofs and Acacia Planks Lower Base Roof for lower ones. Each has its own recipe.^[1][3]
3. Make the top piece, for example Acacia Planks Top Roof, to finish the ridge of the roof.^[1][3]
4. Make an attic roof such as Acacia Planks Attic Roof when you want that piece in your build. It has its own separate recipe.^[3]

2× Acacia Planks RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Stick

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_planks_roof

The basic roof. Other wood types use the same naming pattern.

2× Acacia Planks Top RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Planks

Stick

Acacia Planks

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_planks_top_roof

The top roof.

2× Acacia Planks Attic RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Glass

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_planks_attic_roof

The attic roof has its own recipe.

Awnings

Striped Awnings come in each color. In the pack you can craft Black Striped Awning, Blue Striped Awning and Brown Striped Awning, among others. They're a nice finishing touch once your roof is up.^[1][3]

Black Striped AwningMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Carpet

White Carpet

Black Carpet

Recipe id: mcwroofs:black_striped_awning

The black version. Each color has its own recipe.

The hammer

The mod also has a hammer. Right click on a top roof with it to toggle between states, which is handy for adjusting how your top roof pieces look once they're placed.^[4]

Macaw's Roofs is a building mod. Its pitch is that you can build roofs with actual roof blocks instead of stairs, so the mechanics worth knowing are about the shapes of the pieces and how you place and adjust them.^[1]

Roof pieces

The mod adds Roofs, Steep Roofs, Lower Roofs and Top Roofs, plus Awnings and Rain Gutters. In this pack, each material gets its own set of pieces. Acacia, for example, has Acacia Roof, Acacia Steep Base Roof, Acacia Lower Base Roof and Acacia Top Roof. It also has Acacia Lower Top Roof, Acacia Steep Top Roof and Acacia Attic Roof.^[1][3]

Each wood comes in two families of pieces. One is made from the log (or bamboo block) form, and the other from planks, such as Acacia Planks Roof. Bamboo also has a mosaic family, such as Bamboo Mosaic Roof. Every piece has its own crafting recipe. Here is the basic Acacia Roof as an example:^[3]

2× Acacia RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Stick

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_roof

This is the in-pack recipe for the basic Acacia Roof. The other shapes and materials each have their own recipe.

Adjusting top roofs

The mod's hammer tooltip says you right click on the top roof to toggle between states.^[4]

Rain gutters and awnings

Striped Awnings and Rain Gutters both come in each color. Rain Gutters fill up when it is raining.^[1]

Unverified Any config options for this mod would be set in its config files, and the sources here do not show any, so no tunable values are listed in this section.

Macaw's Roofs has no tier ladder in this pack. Every roof recipe shown is a shaped crafting recipe that uses plain vanilla items, and the dump labels them as the mod's own recipes. Nothing here shows a machine step or an upgrade chain, so you pick a material and a shape and craft it.^[3]

Material variants

What changes from recipe to recipe is the material. Each wood type has one set made from its log, stem or bamboo block, and a second set made from its planks. Acacia, bamboo, birch, cherry, crimson and dark oak all show up this way in the recipes I can see. Bamboo also gets a mosaic set.^[3]

The log set and the planks set are separate items, so choose the one that fits your build. For example, Acacia Roof is the log version and Acacia Planks Roof is the planks version.^[3]

2× Acacia RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Stick

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_roof

Log-based roof, shown with acacia. The recipe is a shaped crafting recipe from the mod.

2× Acacia Planks RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Stick

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_planks_roof

Planks-based roof, shown with acacia. It is also a shaped crafting recipe from the mod.

Shape variants

Every material comes in several shapes: the plain roof, steep base, lower base, top, lower top, steep top and attic. Acacia planks, for example, gives you Acacia Planks Steep Base Roof, Acacia Planks Lower Base Roof, Acacia Planks Top Roof, Acacia Planks Lower Top Roof and Acacia Planks Steep Top Roof.^[3]

The attic roof is the one shape that uses a different second ingredient from the rest, so check its recipe before you plan a build around it.^[3]

2× Acacia Attic RoofMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Glass

Recipe id: mcwroofs:acacia_attic_roof

Attic roof, shown with acacia. It is a shaped crafting recipe from the mod.

Awnings

The striped awnings are a separate branch. They are crafted from carpets instead of wood, as in Black Striped Awning, Blue Striped Awning, Brown Striped Awning and Cyan Striped Awning.^[3]

Black Striped AwningMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Carpet

White Carpet

Black Carpet

Recipe id: mcwroofs:black_striped_awning

The blue, brown and cyan awnings in the recipe dump follow the same carpet pattern.

Macaw's Roofs has one quest, "Macaw's Roofs" quest, and it sits in the "Building Tips" chapter of the quest book. That chapter is a building and decoration guide with 91 quests, and the roof quest is a small part of it.^[5]

How you reach it

The path starts at "Building Tips!" quest, the chapter opener. "Decoration!" quest comes next, then "Decor Mods!" quest, which points you to mods that are good for decorating a house or base. After that comes "Macaw's Mods" quest, which introduces the Macaw mods in general. The roof quest unlocks after that one.^[5]

The roof quest is an item task. The quest itself is short and a bit cheeky: it only says that the mod adds non-Minecraft blocks, so the quest writer would rather not discuss it.^[5]

The other Macaw quests

Several other Macaw quests also unlock after "Macaw's Mods" quest, so you can do them in any order alongside the roofs:^[5]

• "Macaw's Doors" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Fences and Walls" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Paths and Pavings" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Trapdoors" quest^[5]

The rest of the Macaw set is placed elsewhere in the chapter. "Macaw's Holidays" quest and "Macaw's Furniture" quest both unlock after the decor mods quest. "Macaw's Lights and Lamps" quest sits in the lighting branch. "Macaw's Windows" quest sits in the glass branch.^[5]

The Completed Macaw quest

"Completed Macaw" quest is a checkmark quest that closes out the set. It unlocks once you have finished all nine Macaw quests, and the roof quest is one of them. The others are Doors, Fences and Walls, Paths and Pavings, Trapdoors, Holidays, Lights and Lamps, Furniture and Windows. The quest text says it means you got one of everything from the Macaw mods.^[5]

Macaw's Roofs has been part of All the Mods 10 for a long time. It was first included in All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier, so it has been in the pack since the early releases.^[2]

The one change the pack changelog records is in All the Mods 10 2.47, which updated Macaw's Roofs from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2. All the Mods 10 8.1 ships that same 2.3.2 build, using the NeoForge 1.21.1 jar.^[2][6]

Unverified What changed inside Macaw's Roofs between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 (new roof blocks, fixes or recipe changes) can't be confirmed, because no changelogs for the shipped jars are available. Check the mod's own release notes if you need the details.